The Certain Hope of Easter
The Passion and Resurrection of Jesus Christ is deeply embedded in both the reality of the material world and the divine. Through Good Friday, we are reminded of the former. […]
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Passion Sunday
Passion Sunday has held special meaning for me ever since I participated in the annual procession and Eucharist for this feast celebrated at St. Peter’s Square in Rome back in […]
Bring Hope to the World
It is small wonder that the early church chose Dec. 25 to represent the day that Christ was born. Just after the winter solstice, the day of the year in […]
Do Catholics Really Read the Bible?
It is a well-worn shibboleth that Catholics do not read the Bible. Unlike those studious Protestants, Catholics through the centuries were thought to leave all that Scripture stuff to the […]
What Does Catholic Journalism Mean Today?
Our publishing director, Joseph Sinasac, was the keynote speaker at the 50th-anniversary celebration of the Western Catholic Reporter. Among his many observations, Joseph writes: The paper is not independent of […]
The Weaving and Uncertain Path to Love
For several years, like many others, I had been after David Wells to write a book. I knew he had a book in him, and it was a great book. […]
Living the Ten Commandments Each Day
In an age where all morality seems relative, is there still a place for the Ten Commandments? Can their unrelenting insistence that some things are right and some are wrong […]
The Patron Saint of Journalists and Writers: St. Francis de Sales
People who work with the written word have to get their inspiration from somewhere. Many writers, journalists and editors in Catholic communications turn today to St. Francis de Sales. Recent […]
Prepare for Christmas: Books for the Advent Season
Daylight comes late and ends early in November. The cooling temperatures and shorter days are harbingers of the looming winter, but also of the spiritual season of Advent. This pre-Christmas […]
The Universal Call to be Saints
Dorothy Day, the renowned founder of the Catholic Worker Movement, once said in her later years: “Don’t call me a saint. I don’t want to be dismissed so easily.” Years […]
Seeds of Faith 